HIGHBuilt-inGeographic
90%
domestically purchased products (U.S. Foodservice Operations)
“10-K Item 1: 'For our U.S. Foodservice Operations, which represents approximately 70% of our total sales, over 90% of products are purchased domestically.'”
SYY · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Sysco (SYY) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Sysco discloses is domestically purchased products (U.S. Foodservice Operations) at 90%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Sysco’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 3 disclosed concentrations
HIGH3
MEDIUM0
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
HIGHBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
70%
U.S. Foodservice Operations segment
“10-K Item 1: 'For our U.S. Foodservice Operations, which represents approximately 70% of our total sales, over 90% of products are purchased domestically.'”
HIGHBuilt-inCustomer
60%
restaurants
“10-K Item 1: 'Restaurants | 60 | %'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-08-30Sysco's concentration risk is concentrated but structural rather than counterparty-driven, and skews entirely toward the high-share end of the spectrum. The U.S. Foodservice Operations segment represents approximately 70% of total company sales, a high-share reliance on a single reporting segment, and within that segment over 90% of products are purchased domestically, a high-share sourcing concentration that limits exposure to international supply chains but ties input availability closely to the U.S. market. On the demand side, restaurants account for 60% of sales, another high-share concentration, reflecting how closely Sysco's fortunes track the health of the restaurant industry specifically rather than food-service end markets broadly. All three exposures reinforce one another: a downturn in U.S. restaurant demand would hit the same segment that already represents the bulk of the company's sales and the bulk of its domestic sourcing. None of these are counterparty risks tied to a specific supplier or customer name — they are structural features of how Sysco's business is built around U.S. foodservice and, within that, the restaurant channel. That makes the exposures easier to underwrite but no less concentrated, since all three point at the same underlying end market.
For the engine’s reasoning on SYY’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Food Distribution
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVO | Mission Produce, Inc. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| SYY● | Sysco Corporation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ANDE | The Andersons, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| USFD | US Foods Holding Corp. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| UNFI | United Natural Foods, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| PFGC | Performance Food Group Company | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.